The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-07-21

upon this subject than if God had /
yet to do you the first Kindness, OF |
you had to do God the first wrong. |
Seated on his lap all these years,
his everlasting arms sheltcring you,
where is your gratitude: Whefo IS
your morning and evening prayer? Nhere
are your consGCrated lives? [ say to you,
rs Daniel said to BelshaHZar: ''The God
in whose hand thy breath is, and all thy
way, thou hast got gloritied." Ii you
treated anybody as badly as you have
treated God you would have made 800
apologies; yea, your whole life would have
been an apology Three times day you
have been seated at Gods table. Spring,
summer, autumn and winter he has ap-
propriately appareled You. Your health
from him, your companion from him,
your children from him, your home from
him; ell the bright surrounding Of yoUl
life from him. Oman, what dost thou with
that hard heart? Caust thou not feel one
throb Of gratitude toward the God that
made you, and the Christ who came TO re
deem you, aud the Holy Ghost who has
all these years been iup0rtuning yOu? II
You could sit down five minutes under the
tree of Saviour's martyrdom, and feel
his warm life tricIlling on your forehead,
and check, and hands, methinlls you
would get some appreciation Of what you
owe to Il crucified Jesus.
Heart Of stone, releut, reiert,
Touched by Jesus cross subdued,
Sec his body, manrled, rent,
Covered with o gore Of blood
Sinful soul, what hast thou done?
Cruciied the eternal Son.
Jacob with a good deal Of tug and push
took the stone from the wells mouth, so
that the fiOcls might be watered. And l
would that this morning my word, blessed
OF God, might remove the hindrances to
your getting up to the Gospel well. Yea,
! take it for granted that the work is done,
and now, ike oriental shepherds, l pro-
ceed to water the sheep.
Come, all ye thirsty! You have an un-
defined longing in your soul. You tried
money making; that did not satisfy you.
You tried Office under government; that
did not satisfy you. You tcied pictures
and sculptures: but works of art did not
satisfy you. You are as much discon-
tented with this life as the celebrated
French author who felt that he could not
any longer endure the misfortunes of the
world, and who said: 'EAt o'clock this
afternoon l shall put an end to my own
| existence. Meanwhile, I must toll on up
| to that time for the sustenance of my
| family" And he wrote on his book until
| the clock struck 4, when he folded up his
| manuscript and, by his own hand, con-
! cluded his earthly life. There are men in
! this house who are perfectly 6iscOntented.
! Unhappy in the past, unhappy today, to
| be unhappy forever, unless you come TO
! this Gospel well. This satisfies the soul
| with high, deep, all absorbing and eter-
nal satisfaction. It comes, and it offers
| the most unfortunate man so much of
1as,ef T.
! al heaven into the bargain. The wealth
of CrcasIis, and Of all the Stewards, an1 Of
! all the Barings, and all the Eothschilds is
only O. poor, miserable shilling compared
with the eternal fortunes that Christ offers
you today. In the far east there was a
| king who used once u year to get on q
| scales, while on the other side the scales
| were placed gold and silver and gems; in
deed enough were placed there to balance
! the king; then, at the close Of the weigh
/ iuS, all those treasures were thrown
| among the pOpulaCe. But Christ today
steps on one side the scales, and on the
! other side are all the treasures of the uni
verse, and he says: "All are yOurs-all
height, all depth, all length, all breadth
all eternity; all are yours" We don't
appreciate the promises Of the Gospel
When an aged clergyman was dying
man very eminent in the chUrch--a young
Theological student stood by his side, and
the aged utap looked up and said to him:
Cant You give me some comfort in my
dying hour?" ''No, said the young man;
II can't talk to you on this subject, you
know all about it, and have known it so
LONG, "}Yeu," said the dying man,
''just recite 10 me some promises" The
Young man Thought 2 moment, and he
came to this promise: "The blood of
Jesus Christ Clcanseth from all sin;| and
the old man cIarpcd his hands, and IN his
diving moment said: THAT'S just the
promise l have been waiting for. The
blood of Jesus Christ cieJEscth from all
sim" Oh, the Warmth, the grandeur,
the magniGcencc OF the promises!
Come also to the; Gospel well, all VI
troubled. I do not suppose you have
escaped Compare your view of this life
at IS years OF ace with what your view is
, OF it at 10, or GO, or 30. What great
, contrast of opinion! WC.'9 you right then
or are yol right now? Two cups placed
, in your hauds-the one sweet cup, tht
other q sour cup. \ cup Of Joy and cuI
J OF grief Which has been the nearest t.
E being fun, and out Of which have you tht
more frequently partallen? What q dif
. ferent place Greenwood is from whG
f | it used 70 be? Once it was to yOi
= n rand citv iyoufovernent. and YOU wen
out on the pleasure excursion. and yo1
, | ran laU-hiDgly up the mound, and yo1
criticised in a light way Che epitaph Eu
since the dav when vall heard the bell tol
! ot the cate when You went in with th
nroreeqf0D. Il is q sad place and there is
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